Personal+Inspiration+Narrative

The MacBook was one of the technologies that inspired me. My mother and father wanted to buy me a laptop which was part of my university preparation. During my last year at high school, I did not understand anything about what makes a good laptop and I had no idea what was the best choice for a laptop. My mother decided to buy me a MacBook because one of my uncles suggested that it was the best laptop since it does not get viruses, and it is great for creative people. I got angry when my mother told me on the phone that she decided to buy a MacBook for me because I thought that Apple computers are confusing since they are extremely different from regular PCs. At that time I only knew about regular PCs and Microsoft programs.
 * __ My MacBook and the New Me __**

I began using it near the end of my high school years. I found it difficult at first then I started to understand how to use it. The time when I understood how to use the applications on my MacBook was when I went to university. I had a psychology class in my first year in University of Toronto that required me to use Mac applications to for my lab assignments. The more I understood how to use Mac computers, the more I got interested with the design and software of my MacBook. I wanted at that time and still want to experiment with my MacBook. Through my experimentation with the MacBook, I began focusing on the design and organization of the applications as well as what makes it a unique laptop from other laptops. My interest in the design of technologies and objects led me to take several design courses in my university. I started reading articles about new technologies, new computer applications, new software, issues with technologies and the effects technologies had on people’s lives. Before I got the MacBook, I used to hate computers and laptops because I thought they were annoying and boring. My Macbook changed the way I think about computers because I found that computers are interesting, and full of surprises.

I gained a lot of technical skills from my experience with the MacBook. Those skills allowed me to teach other people how to use Mac computers. I felt that if I can use a complex computer, I could use any type of computer without experiencing any difficulties.

I think that if I did not have the MacBook, I would not care about the design of technological objects and I would not gain new skills. The new me was mostly created by the experience I had throughout the years using my MacBook. The MacBook was used for multiple purposes. If something happened to my MacBook, I will be worried because I use it as a tool for many things in my life. I always do my work on the MacBook even though we have two regular PCs in our home. The level of attachment I have to my MacBook can be shown by telling that I am using it to type this story.